It's just that many are dumping cable and satellite because of other ways to get your shows. haven't heard of a good one for live sports

This is really the last major component of televised entertainment that's keeping me and a lot of people I know from dropping cable completely. Between Netflix, Amazon Instant with Prime, Hulu, Chromecast, etc. you can find just about anything you could want to watch, except live sports.

As another poster mentioned, I use FirstRowSports quite a bit, especially for PPV events like UFC fights. Still though, those streams aren't always very pretty or consistent.

As soon as somebody (ESPN?) wises up and offers access to live sports without a cable subscription, I think a lot of people will finally cut the cable cord. (Except for high speed internet, of course.)

Cheezy

03-20-2014 03:28 PM

Re: You folks with no cable or satellite

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Originally Posted by GoCocks09CSOL
(Post 4117483)

This is really the last major component of televised entertainment that's keeping me and a lot of people I know from dropping cable completely. Between Netflix, Amazon Instant with Prime, Hulu, Chromecast, etc. you can find just about anything you could want to watch, except live sports.

As another poster mentioned, I use FirstRowSports quite a bit, especially for PPV events like UFC fights. Still though, those streams aren't always very pretty or consistent.

As soon as somebody (ESPN?) wises up and offers access to live sports without a cable subscription, I think a lot of people will finally cut the cable cord. (Except for high speed internet, of course.)

I think the WWE Network will have a big effect on this moving forward. If it continues to be successful, watch for other sports to follow.

taylorssc

03-20-2014 03:33 PM

Re: You folks with no cable or satellite

It's on cbs. Just get a digital antenna. Also, cbssports.com is probably streaming free.

johnnyb

03-20-2014 03:44 PM

Re: You folks with no cable or satellite

I haven't had pay tv (cable/sat) in over a year now...we looked at what it was costing us on a yearly basis and then looked at what we used it for and determined that our usage didn't justify the cost. We pick up like 15 channels ota with an antenna, including all the big networks (CBS/abc/NBC/fox) and there is plenty of content on Netflix and PBS for the kids. As far as live sports, I haven't missed a game I have wanted to watch.

Cockypantherfan

03-20-2014 04:15 PM

Re: You folks with no cable or satellite

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Originally Posted by taylorssc
(Post 4117544)

It's on cbs. Just get a digital antenna. Also, cbssports.com is probably streaming free.

True. I am at work and was able to watch the end of Ohio St - Dayton... great game down the stretch.

Flameout12

03-20-2014 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Cockadoo
(Post 4117450)

I don't have cable tv or satellite. I have internet though. I just recently ditched Dish. We watch Netflix and Amazon Prime now.

And no flippin commercials...

Frosty

03-20-2014 05:42 PM

Re: You folks with no cable or satellite

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/scoreboard
like someone else said. If you click on SCORES for basketball you can select whatever game you want to watch.
At least for today and tomorrow. Thankfully I work in an office during the day and have 3 monitors in my view and can put games on all of them. The boss loves it actually. He is amazed at the technology we have today.

markp_vip

03-20-2014 06:10 PM

Re: You folks with no cable or satellite

Wow, more people than I thought are cutting the cable. IDK though, I'm too addicted to sports and don't trust the reliability of streaming enough to go away from cable just yet. Nothing worse than getting the buffering sign during a big play and holding your breath till it comes back on.

ReadR00ster

03-20-2014 06:22 PM

Re: You folks with no cable or satellite

It helps to have a buddy that has a sweet entertainment system and all the good channels for the big games. Also you can convince your parents or grandparents you'll visit more if they have a sweet set up too. :lol:

for ESPN, FS1, and NBCSports if you know anyone with Comcast (and a few other providers i believe) they can watch all of those channels online so just ask them for their username/password. I pay $30 for interent and use my parents comcast password to watch everything so I don't have to pay for cable.